Clinical & Visual Outcomes of Collagen Cross Linking for Fungal Keratitis

Summary

The study is a randomised control trial to assess the visual and clinical outcomes of collagen cross linking in fungal keratitis. Fungal keratitis is a major cause of corneal blindness in India and the therapeutic options available are minimal to handle the advanced complications and sequalae caused by the disease.The antimicrobial and tissue remodeling role of corneal cross linking was demonstrated by several studies earlier,we anted to specifically assess the role of corneal cross linking in non resolving fungal keratitis in prevention of perforation and enhancement of healing process.

Timeline

Start

2014-02

Primary completion

2015-07

Completion

2015-09

Publications

• Davis SA, Bovelle R, Han G, Kwagyan J. Corneal collagen cross-linking for bacterial infectious keratitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Jun 17;6(6):CD013001. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013001.pub2.
• Uddaraju M, Mascarenhas J, Das MR, Radhakrishnan N, Keenan JD, Prajna L, Prajna VN. Corneal Cross-linking as an Adjuvant Therapy in the Management of Recalcitrant Deep Stromal Fungal Keratitis: A Randomized Trial. Am J Ophthalmol. 2015 Jul;160(1):131-4.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2015.03.024. Epub 2015 Apr 1.

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